Today I came across a long article written by a domain investor called Wei Tian LI (李伟天). While copies of this article can be found in some Chinese news and forums, I could not locate its source. However, because its content is very interesting, I decided to reorganize and summarize its main points here. This […]
Continue ReadingIs This Why Microsoft Purchased LinkedIn?
It is not surprising, to many of our readers, that LinkedIn was acquired by Microsoft on 13 June 2016 for $26.2 billion dollars. LinkedIn is the preeminent business network and has realized tremendous growth and acceptance over the last decade. LinkedIn is a very powerful resource and has greatly benefitted its users and the business community […]
Continue ReadingSomething you don’t normally hear in a negotiation – “Burn in Hell”
So I had a reader ask me my opinion on a recent back and forth they had with a potential buyer. I was not really sure where my opinion would factor in as this was about his deeply rooted political feelings. I did ask if I could share the back and forth here on the […]
Continue ReadingDomain names used by Chinese companies in Top 100 Global Brands
Chinese firms score 12 of the top 100 names in the 2016 Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands released recently by Millward Brown and WPP. Since my interest is always domain name, I want to know what kind of domain names these 12 Chinese companies are using for the Chinese consumers. To get this information, […]
Continue ReadingDomain scam — Chinese style
In China, people who own domain names are considered very smart, but this is not always true. Suppose you registered a domain name a year ago. One day someone who claims to be the sales director of a domain brokerage firm calls you. He says that you have a very good domain name and he […]
Continue ReadingThe Brandosphere – A look at Sedo Sales – New offerings from Efty and Namepros
Today we are going to look at Sedo’s brandable sales for the week and the new product offering from Efty.com. Sedo did not report that many .com sales this week, only 29 in total. Since Sedo decided to stop reporting sales under $2,000 we miss out on some data that would be of value for […]
Continue ReadingP.tv Hits Auction Block at NameJet
Legacy Fund is auctioning off P.tv on NameJet. According to the recent NameJet newsletter this is the first time a single letter .tv has been offered on NameJet. In addition to the many uses listed in the newsletter, Family Guy had an episode I have seen like 100 times called “PTV.” SINGLE-LETTER DOMAIN P·TV NameJet […]
Continue ReadingTop 10 Keywords Registered in May 2016 – Trump returns to the list
Verisign released their top trending keywords for May and Net took the top spot for both com and net. After being out of the top 10 in April, Trump has returned to the top ten in May. Research was the other keyword that showed up in both extensions. Top 10 Keywords Registered in May 2016
Continue ReadingA simple tip to find potential Chinese buyers
A domain investor recently sent me a list of Pinyin .com names and asked me to find buyers for him. Unfortunately, I’m not a broker so I can’t help much in this case. However, here’s a simple tip that you can try and find potential buyers. I’ll use YFW.com which I talked about in yesterday’s […]
Continue ReadingChina may be the largest domain market
The difference in clear. As reported by eName, the auction in the 2016 Global Domain Industry Summit held in Hangzhou, China brought in over 300m CNY of domain sales. That is about 46m USD! I don’t remember if I’ve come across any auction sales of such magnitude, so I did some checking of old news […]
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